Suleiman the Magnificent
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566
12 notable people were born in 1494. See what happened in 1494 →
Francis I of France
King of France from 1515 to 1547
Bona Sforza
Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548
Georgius Agricola
German scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist
Pontormo
Florentine Mannerist painter
Hans Sachs
German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker
Oronce Fine
French mathematician and cartographer
Johannes Agricola
German Protestant Reformer
Agnolo Firenzuola
Italian poet and litterateur
Johan Friis
Danish statesman
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